Some memories and thoughts on AR Rahman and his music upon reading “Notes of a Dream – The Authorized Biography of AR Rahman” written by Krishna Trilok.
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Categories: Reviews
Tag: music
Music is a balm. It soothes. It heals. It inspires. It sets you free. There’s nothing like listening to soft music in the silence of the night. When you let music slowly seep through and seize your being, you experience a beautiful magic; suddenly, you feel one with the universe. To music, with love.
Agents of Nostalgia
Teaching Music the SaPa Way : In Conversation With Bindu & Ambi Subramaniam
An interview with singer, songwriter and Dean of the Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts (SaPa), Bindu Subramaniam, and violinist and Associate Dean of SaPa, Ambi Subramaniam, about SaPa’s approach to teaching music, its vision, its curriculum and SaPa’s flagship program, SaPa in Schools (SiS).
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Categories: Interviews
What’s Life Without You, Little Joys?
Violin Dreams
Almost every night, a woman dreams that she is playing the violin. A dream that haunts her and teases her. This is the story of the woman’s journey with her violin.
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Categories: QueSTorieS
Musing Over a Song and Love
Musical Notes – What Music Means to Us!
Six people talk about what music means to them and provide a glimpse of how this beautiful art form has become a part of their lives. Diverse that their fields are, it is interesting to note how music can be learnt, savoured and shared in such different ways. Here’s a special feature I compiled after my conversations with Harish Sivaramakrishnan, Lead vocalist at Agam, a Bangalore-based music band that has been around since 2003, Namita Devidayal, Journalist and Author of the acclaimed books ‘The Music Room’ and ‘Aftertaste’, Krish Ashok, popular blogger known for the humour that permeates his writing, RJ Prithvi, the highly popular Radio Jockey at Radio One 94.3 FM Bangalore and Vidya & Vandana Iyer, the music sisters whose rendition of ‘Munbe Vaa’, ‘Aasai Mugam’ and ‘Nee Nenaindal’ with clarinetist and composer, Shankar Tucker went viral on YouTube.
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Categories: Features
My World of Music
Strumming Away to Glory
Internationally-renowned guitarist and music composer, Prasanna, talks about his fascinating musical journey of being a guitarist, composer and the President of Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music.
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Categories: Interviews
Of Cassettes and Ilayaraja
Cassettes always remind me of Ilayaraja, the extremely popular music composer from Tamilnadu. And the maestro’s music, even today, takes me down memory lane – back to the 80s and 90s. Over the last few months, I have realised that Ilayaraja’s music has accompanied me like a quiet companion, as I was growing up. Here’s a tribute from an ardent fan.
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Categories: Essays